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Re: wcag 2.4.5 multiple ways

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From: Detlev Fischer
Date: Feb 13, 2017 7:46AM

L Snider schrieb am 13.02.2017 15:11:

> Hi Detlev,
>
> Thanks, so it looks like I was on the right track. I have seen sites that
> only use the logo as the home page link, so there isn't a text link. From
> the way I read G85 that would fail?

If the logo has a meaningful alt attriute (or another way of providing an accessible name to non-visual users) I would assume that the test in G185 would pass and the page (when it belongs to a small site) would thus pass SC 2.4.5. Using the logo as home page link is so common that no visible text link would be required in this case.


I advise people to do both, but I see
> more sites with just logos these days.
>
> Thanks again,
>
> Cheers
>
> Lisa
>
>
>
> On Mon, Feb 13, 2017 at 3:47 AM, Detlev Fischer < <EMAIL REMOVED>
>> wrote:
>
>> Hi Lisa,
>> Admittedly, the difference is slight.
>> * G126 requires that each page has links to all other pages of a small
>> site.
>> * G85 requires that all pages are linked directly from the home page and
>> that each page has a link back to the home page. So G185 does not require
>> each page to have links to all other pages, just a link to the home page.
>> Interestingly there is no upper limit given for what counts as small site.
>> * G125 seems fairly general and just checks that links to other pages work
>> without saying anything about the hierarchy or requiring a comprehensive
>> listing. So this technique would presumably work in tandem with another
>> technique such as search. if you had a sub page linking back to the section
>> page above (but not to the home page) AND a second option, say, a general
>> search function, SC 2.4.5 would be met.
>>
>> I admit there is overlap between G126 and G185 but as techniques are
>> informative only anyway and the small-site techniques are rarely used on
>> the kind of sites that are audited for WCAG compliance (at least in my
>> experience), there is probably little harm in not touching these techniques
>> and focusing on the workload related to WCAG 2.1.
>>
>> Detlev
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>> L Snider schrieb am 12.02.2017 05:35:
>>
>> > Hi All,
>> >
>> > This has bugged me for a while. Under the techniques for wcag 2.4.5, they
>> > note G125, G126 and G185. When I look at all of them, they all seem to be
>> > saying the same thing.
>> >
>> > https://www.w3.org/TR/UNDERSTANDING-WCAG20/navigation-mechanisms-mult-
>> loc.html
>> >
>> > The only slight difference I can see is that G185 seems to be saying that
>> > you need to have links on the home page, G126 sounds like it is for small
>> > sites and G125 just talks about links going to where they say.
>> >
>> > I have searched everywhere and can't find rationale for these three, can
>> > anyone fill me in?
>> >
>> > Cheers
>> >
>> > Lisa
>> > >> > >> > >> > >> >
>>
>> >> >> >> >>
> > > > >